Friday, 10 May 2013

The Big Apple at Blossomtime

Dark clouds above, cider within...

Having not been able to get to The Big Apple Blossomtime Festival in Putley (Herefordshire) last weekend I dug these photos of a previous visit out of the archive. The weather doesn't seem that different to now!

In the heart of perry country, a much-loved village hall.

Is it bigger on the inside?

Thirsty?

An ironing board put to good use for once...

There's something about corrugated iron...

Is that a scene from a David Inshaw painting in the background?

Meanwhile, back at the Hall, the Leominster Morrismen enjoy the sunshine.

Love the violinist's jacket...

Pears for heirs - a lovely old perry pear tree growing within sight of May Hill, as they're supposed to.

You can find more about the Big Apple and similar festivals, not to mention a rather nice photo of the Leominster Morrismen in The Naked Guide to Cider.

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I write and lecture about art, illustration and design, particularly 20th century British. In 2015 I curated 'Ravilious', an exhibition of watercolours by Eric Ravilious, at Dulwich Picture Gallery, and in 2016 the exhibition 'Century' at Jerwood Gallery, Hastings. As well as Ravilious, I've recently written books on Paul Nash, Edward Seago, Peggy Angus and Edward Bawden. 'The Lost Watercolours of Edward Bawden was published in Sept 2016 by the Mainstone Press.
As a lecturer I've enjoyed speaking at a whole range of venues, from the V&A and the Ways with Words Festival to Hatchards Bookshop and Leeds Art Gallery.
I'm always willing to consider a proposal for a book commission or exhibition. I've recently worked with Portland Gallery on Edward Seago, Towner on Peggy Angus and Dulwich Picture Gallery on Ravilious.

'Russell s commentaries on the individual exhibits are engaging, entertaining and enlightening. His introduction is compelling and refreshingly direct, urging us to look closely but concluding, rightly, that there can be no correct interpretations of Ravilious, whose pictures still quiver with mysterious life.' (Richard Green, Burlington Magazine, May 2015)

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